UKMC shot a team score of 16-over 880, beating runner-up South Dakota by 19 strokes and third-place South Dakota State by 32 strokes.

Hughes, Kuehn and Rozner all made the Summit League All-Tournament Team.

The conference also awarded Kuehn as the Most Valuable Player.

Rozner also was named the Newcomer of the Championship and UKMC’s J.W. VanDenBorn received the Coach of the Year honor.

Hughes’ final day performance proved to be pivotal for UKMC’s endeavor.

He buried four birdies and bagged an Eagle on the par-5 15th hole on his way to a one-under 71 score.

The Kangaroos will learn May 6 where they will play their NCAA regional.

Playing his second year at UKMC, Hughes is building on the potential that landed him a golf scholarship, coming out of high school, at the University of Oklahoma.

Following a redshirt year and freshman campaign at OU, Hughes transferred to UKMC, where he has played the past few weeks with sizzling flair.

During the recent ULM/Wallace Jones Invitational (Calhoun, La.), Hughes turned in the Kangaroos’ best score (plus-5) for the tourney, which earned in fourth place overall. He shot two birdies in the final round.

UMKC finished second in the tourney.

Hughes also recently earned his first Summit League Golfer of the Week recognition.

A 10th place tie at the WSU Snowman Getaway earned him the honor. He shot one-under par (215, 71-73-71) and helped UKMC grab fourth place while finishing ahead of Air Force, Gonzaga, Minnesota and Kansas State.

For the season, Hughes has carved out a 72.78 average, which is fourth best in the league.

Hughes has built on the foundation of a solid 2011-12 campaign, in which he started six tournaments and posted a 75.35 average.

Along the way, he shot 67, one of the team’s best rounds last year.

Hughes’ low round so far this spring season is 70, shot at the Wallace Jones Invitational.

During the fall season, he turned in back-to-back rounds of 67 and 68 at the Mark Simpson Invitational (Erie, Colo.). His 67 is the lowest round this year by a Kangaroo.

During his high school years, Hughes won back-to-back low medalist championships in the PGA Junior Series.

He also claimed the 2008 Bartlesville city men’s golf crown.

In the 2009 state golf meet, Hughes won first place by sinking a 12-foot birdie on the first hole of sudden death.

His father is Bartlesville High School head girls golf coach and assistant athletic director Terry Hughes.

His older siblings Jordan, Tara and Tommy all participated in Bruin sports.